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AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINANCE

CORPORATION

A COMPLETE

SERVICE

A complete brokerage service for-New-York-Stocks is available at our local Agents:-

Asia Lands Limited

Gloucester Building.

Daily Quotations sent-gratia —upon, request.

SHIPBUILDERS,

SHIP REPAIRERS,

BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS,

OXY-ACETYLENE, AND

ELECTRIC WELDERS,

MECHANICAL AND

ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERS.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1933.

Money

and Markets

| SHANGHAI SHARE MARKET

MESSRS. CARROLL BROS.

HONG KONG STOCK | than it was found that eash shares

MARKET

WEEKLY REPORT

With the exception of the sterl ing section, which owing to the rise in exchange, suffered a setback In the past week, there was a gener. al advance practically along the

were very scarce, an advance be- ing daily recorded and closing-ful- ly 2 points higher.

The Investment section Ful 80 strengthened considerably, Lands Telephones and Trams all being marked up substantially. Closing tone very firm. BUSINESS DONE DURING THE WEEK.

entire list. which was more pre-$1,653, $1,600, 81,650, $1,030. nounced in the case of China

Lights.

No sooner did a genuine demand set in for these shares.

-DRY_DOCK-

Length 787 Feet.

OF HONG KONG, LIMITED.

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

SALVAGE TUG "TAIKOO"

WIRELESS CALD

V.P.G.N. 600 METER

Length on Blocks 750 Feet.

Depth on Centre of SII (H.W.0.S.T.) 34 ft. 6 ins. -THREE SLIPWAYS,-~

Capable of Handling Ships Op to 4,000 Tous Displacement. Electric Crane at Sea Wall, Capable of Lifting 100 Tons

at 70 Feet Radfus.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,

HONG KONG, CHINA & JAPAN.

Tr. ADDRESS: "TAIKOONUCK, Hora Kort."

TELEPHONE:

211

CATA FLAR: "C" Oveя "Ass. Pennant."

Hong Kong Banks, $1,680, 81,005 Bank of East Asia, 8100. Cantón Insurances; $1,350, Union Insurances. 8342,- $550. $342, 9540.

Ion Korg Fire $1,300.

Douglases, $33, 835. Docks, $101.

QUOTATIONS.

Messrs. Carroll Bros. have just received the following latest cabled quotations dated March 10 of Shanghai Shares.

GOLD RUSH BY AIR | DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS

Flying In Search Of Fortune

1

THE ROMANCE. OF. KAKEMEGA

China Fina Finance Corp. ... 4.95 International Investment

7.80 As a contrast to, days of old,. 11.25 when those seeking fortune in the 6.50Klondike gold rush, or in those in 3.60 Australia and Africa,, had only the 10.25 most primitive transport on which.

Trust Co. (Ord.)' Cathay Land Yangtze Finance Cb. International Assurance Co. China Realty Co.

Investiment Shanghai Lond

Co.

they could rely, prospectors who 23.75 are hastening to-day to Kenya Co-

HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.

Bayar Bellero Balve Nominal

FRIDAY, MARCH 10.

Ballery

Buyer

¡'

$1,880

Banke H-K-Banks

401

144

£117

Do. (London)...

£13

Chartered Banks

e24

ED!

$100

N. 0, & B. Banka

398

Am. O. Fin. Corp:

New Engineering and Ship lony, in the latest gold rush in the | $1,330|

Building Works (Ord.) 6.00 Kakemega-territory,-can-bring-to- Shanghai Dock and Engine- their aid the speed of the modern

ering Co.

95.50 long-distance airway. Shanghai And

...210.00

Insurances,

;

Providents (New), 81, Hotels (Old), $7.60. 37,80, 973,

87.90.

Hongkew Wharf Co. Shanghai Electric Construc-

tion "Bearer** Ewo Cotton Mills Ltd. Shanghai Cotton Manufac

turing Co.

Mills Ltd. ... American Asiatic Underwri;

ters (Ord.). 20.00

Financa

29.00 ...... 13.60

68.00

10.75

Providents (Old), 84, $4.10, 84.15, Zoung Sing Cotton 84.20, 841.30, 842.

Hotels (New), 87.

Lands, 70, 72), $73, 874. Realties, 87, 87.60. Tramways, $20.70, 821. 820.00, $21, 821.10.

Star Ferries, 890.

China Lights (Old), 8101, $10. 311, 811.15, 812).

Chinn Lights (New). 88,65, 801. Electrics, $721, 8731, 8741, 874, $75.

Telephones (New), 327, 827), 329, $271. $271.

Cements (Combined), 871. 07. 88.35, 88.40, 881, 88.20. $7.65.

C'ements (Did), 88.

Cementa (New), 811. Ropes, 9104,

CHANGES (3.15 p.m.)" CLOSING

QUOTATIONS.

Buyers.

Hong Kong Banks $1,830,

Hotels (Old), 88.

Lands, 9734

Electrics,, 8741.

Telephones (New), 827),

Cements (Combined), $8.20.

Sellers.

China Lights (Old), 812.. Ropes. $10.

Sales.

Hong Kong. Banks, 31,830. Electrics, $15.

NOW ON SALE

The

DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE

of

CHINA, JAPAN, MALAYA, BORNEO, SIAM, THE PHILIPPINES,

COREA, INDO-CHINA, NETHERLANDS INDIA, Etc.

FOR THE YEAR

1933

American Oriental

Corn. "Benror" ...... 20.00 Asin Realty "Bearer"..... 22.00 Chinese 3 per Gold 8 Banda Shanghai Power Co., (Pref.) 93.50

1995.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

88%

[DRITION WIRELESS "JRRVICE. ]

RUGBY, March 9. 98 9/16

Paris Montreal Brussels

Geneva

Amsterdam

Milan

Bertin

Stockholm

Copenhagen Oslo.

Geneva

Prague

Helsingfors

Madrid

Lisbon

Athens

4.11.

24.00

18.05

8.68 63 0/16 74.70

18 29/32 27/16 191

30 Nom. 117

997

41/7/16

110

603

Bucharest

535

Belgrade

250

Buenos Aires

40 OR.

Bombay

1/0

Shanghai

1/0

Hong Kong

Yokohama

Silver Spot

Silver Forwrd Warloan 3 per cent.

1/4 1/16 1/3

13 7/16 18 9/18 99 5/16

"Many air passengers at the pre- sent time," explained an official of Imperial Airways, "are. booking through to Kisumu by our African service, in order to hurry from there to Kakemega, which lies only 35 miles from Kisumu.

"Engineers and business men, as well as fortune-seekers of all types, are attracted by the lure of Kake- megn. If you fly to these new gold- fields they are only a seven days journey from London; while for those flying northbound up the African route, they can be reached in not more than 4 days From Cape TOWL.

acce

"The other day we had a party of fortune-seekers who had hurried across the Atlantic from · America by ocean-liner, and who then went on by the African air-mail

From Croydoo, thus managing to lerate by many days their arrival in the gold-fields; and, of course, the time-factor is importaat, seeing that it is a case of first come first) served,' with likely-looking claims being snapped up rapidly.

3161

#AU

ADHIBUR

$7.40 $7.46

་་་

Mercantilo Bks. "A"

Do.

Bank of East Asia...

T.4 85 China Fia. Corp. Urd.

T

$1,845

£131

£244

"E9)

31011

7.4.60

Do.

Prof

Insurances

31,330

Canton Insurances.....

$9.35

Underwriters...

$1,350

$541

Union Insurances .......

BEST

3620

China Fires...............

$525

$1,330 H.K. Firea ...................................

$896

$1,340

T.4

B

$33

$15

Indos (pret.)...

390

Do (det.)

42/8 Sheils

Waterboats

Mining

120

$181

International Assce..

skipping

Danglases - Steamboats

Bengueta

14.20 Venezuela Gold Fida. Kailans CONDUIRYÅRTE

21/3

T.4

Langkats (single)...|

12.10 Explorations......... T230 Shanghai Loans ...

Haubs

Tronoh Minse

23 ata. Benguet Explorations

Docks, WhaIYOR,

41

[sr div.] $142

***

314

192

$10

$8

Godowna, eta. H.K. & K. Wharres.

'rovidents (old)

Do. (New)...

H.K. W. Docks..

49/6

T.4 1.24

T.

5.0

13 U

$136

$4.20 | 14.20 $180°

20

18.

#ga

18

TE

S. Chius Motora*A'

10.

1.88 Shanghai Docks T.6

1.99

++

New Engiuserings

Hongkow ************

Land, Hotels, and}

Bulidings

H.K, Hotels (old). $7.80 $8

Do.

10

$7.90

ITH

营业

. (new)

$74

H.K. Landa

T.31

Shanghai Lande

T.10

Metropolitan Lands..

$7

H., Healties........}

T11:40 China Do

1.99

Do.

$14

$98

T13,45

*T.69

+

$106

"Our officials who are out there tell amusing stories of the effects of this Intest gold rush on local conditions. Not many months ago Kakamega consistod just of a row of small shops trading with the natives. Now it is already a cen tre for streams of motor traffic. Garages are opening up. Now shops Solicitors, are being provided." stockbrokers, and accountants are opening offices there. As for the gold-seekers themselves, many of them are camping out in сага or lorries; while others are living in tants or quickly-constructed grass hute. Natives help them on their $1.10 claims in "panning," or rough- washing for gold in springs or streams; while many of the new. comers wander farther afsid, pro- specting for gold-bearing reefs.

Lions are often encountered; but many of them, nowadays, seem and full of curiosity, trotting after fierceness. In one case just recent. to exhibit curiosity rather than the car for some distance before turning back and rejoining its par some of the prospectors came upon ly, for example, the motor car of

enta.

"But lions, as people out thorea family of lions on a distant. road. tell you, are now an old Kenya On seeing the car the big lion story. The new story is gold, and of the party made off, followed by experts who are on the spot express the female, and all the cubs savo the belief that this Kakamega area

one. This last-mentioned youngster, will develop into a highly-import- however, appeared quite fearless ant gold field."

(Continued in previous colums!

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ASIA LANDS, LTD., QUOTATIONS

(INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG.)

Tel. 28380-Gloucester Building, Room 306."

[KKUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}

New York: March 3,

20 Rails

20 Utilities

40 Bonds

FINAL QUOTATIONS

Debeatu es Humphreys PROLOWAY

M$140 Asia Realties “A”.... M324

T.111 Zoong Sings.........

Wing On Tortilos(S.)

Pubila Ulimi

-$8

$7.80

号

$7,65

$131

Do.

Chiness Estates

Cotton M

Ewos

T13.49

S'hai Colton

T:67

T41

$115.

.

21.21. 10

Tramways

81/21. 105

$16.2

Poak Trama (old)...

$16

Do.

(new)...

18

190

Star Ferrics

1891

$34

Taumati Ferries (old))

332

$331

Do, (new,

$31

cum. rights...

$30

#12)

China Lights (öld)...)

$18.95 13/12.30

20

Do.

(00)... $

Do. Rta....

174

74/74.

6744

$24.3

Macao do.

$13

Sandakan Lights ...

$90

Telephones (old)

$27

$97)

Do.

(ден)

$29 197

T.10

2/-

12/

H.K. Electrics ..... $741

China Buses.........

Tractions

Co

Do. (pref.)....

Industrials

$27. Malabon Bugars

T.14 Caldbeck, (ord.)

T.10) Maogregors (prof.)

$7.70 Coments (cumb.)... 7.80

$8

Canton Icea

Der A Winge...... Amusements....

Sinceras

Watsons (old)

Do. (now) an

H.K. Goyt, Loans... $101

KAM

$11

$11

33

IN

38

$6

Do.

(old)...

#12

Do. (as)..

$21

$101

Ropes

310

37

Ch: Agricultures : .......

+44

124

Miscellaneo

327

Dairy Farron .......

$271

$1

312

$12

$12.40] Ch. E'tainments.

$112

$4,80 Constructions, (old)

14.39

.90 ota. -

Dow Jones Averages: High-1832.

Low: Mar. 2

Mar 3

Change

$21

Do. (new).80 cts. Lane Crawford...... Mackintosha...arkan.

30 Industrials

88.78

41.22-52.18

53.84 1.66 up

Nanyang Tobacco...

41.30

13.23 23.94

24.78

,8% up

$156

38.11

16.83 21.30

21.05

.85 up

$12

83.20

85.73 74.02

73,31

.81. down

$14,40

19.36

Wm, Powells

$10

M. Greyhounds..-***

$81

3. U. Enterprises...

United Theatred *****

657

B. Ind. G. Bendu... 84,

prem,

$9

Wallace Harper.......

Friday Int. Harvester Pfd..

801

38

Stocks

Air Reduction

Allied Chemical American Can

Mar. 2 Int. Nickel

71

$920

8'bad

E.K Wing

China Sports Ltd ...

Op

#198

40 Int. Printing Ink

31

77) Int. Tel. & Tel.

Amer. Can 7 per cent.

Amer. and F'gn. Power

Coca-Cola Company

Columbia Gas & Elec.

Consolid Gas N.Y.

Con. Gas 85 Cum. Pfd.

Continental Can

AN INVALUABLE

REFERENCE

BOOK, FOR

USE EVERY

DAY OF THE

YEAR

Amer. Smelting Amer. Sugar Befig. Amer. Tel. and Tol. Amer. Tobacco "B" Anaconda Copper Auburn Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel. Borden Company Canadian Pacific Caterpillar Co. Chrysler

542 Johns Manville:

Pfd. 112 Liggett & Myers "B"

Loew's Ine..

12 Mack Trucks

24 Montgomery Ward

99 Nat'l Chsh Biscuit

65 Nat'l Cash Reg'ter

138

LOCAL, AND BEGULAR OUTWARD MAILS,

537

J2

WEEK DAYS,

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYA

14

10#

FUB

33)

FROM G.IO.

FROM SEHUNGWAN [BEIXON P.O.

FROM

FAOM TUNGWAY

G.F.O...

BHANOR

5 Nat'l Dairy Prod."

11

P.O.

35 Nat'l Steel Corp...

16'

7

North American Co.

201

12 Otis Elevator...

11

Canton 10

20

Pacific Gas and Eleo,

24

of Pacific Lighting-

29

Samahui and Wnchow (Uy

direct steaser)

7.15 am. € 7.30 mm, 18.00 pra, 7:00 pm

1.00 p.m.

4.00 p

(718 a.m. & 5,00p.m.

7.00 4.00

7,00 pan

5

Packard. Motors

8

Paramount Publix.

1.00 pm (*8,15 mimi, á] (850 mm 3

1.16 p.

9,00 áðu

∙180 p.m.

84 Pennsylvania Rly.

151

11

Phillips Petroleum

51 Bacao & Trinsäan

(7.16 am, & ƒ 7,80 1.2.

115 p.m.

Sundays

Sundays

463 Radio Corpn.

34

91

Safeway Stores

31

Kongmoon (akcept Saturdays)

8.00 p.m.

$1,80p.m

6.90 p.m.

8.15.

8.30 A

Toaly

Lonly

8.00 pm

0,00 p.m

38

Sears Roebuck:.....

149

Kaukong (except Saturdays)

.6.00 p..

8,90 1.3:

Corn Products 2

40

Standard Brands

14

Curtiss Wright

1 Stand. Oil of N.J.

24 Fatahan and Wuchow (By7.15 am."

7.15 8.m

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Du Pont de Nemours

Du Pont & per cent. Cum. Deb. 100) | Texas Gulf Sulphur

Elec: Auto Lite Cor Elec: Bond & Share. Elee. Power & Light."

Gen. Amer. Tank Car General Electrives General Foods. General Motors? Gilletto Safety Gold Dust

Goodyear Tire

Int., Bus Müchine Int. Harvester

24 United Fruit

10) U.S.-Steel'

14U.S. Steel 7 per cent.. Pid.

13

Vanadium

Warner Bros...

841 Westinghouse E. M.

18 Dividend payable semi-annually.

BZ Shatankok and

Paikung...

Namion, drakk & Taiping"

Fram (in)

+4

Drug, Inc.

321 Socony-Vacuum Corp.

01

Texas Corpn..

11

Train) O

1,00 prz

· 17

́9,00 2.m. &

Eastman Kodak ...

63

Transamerion

34

8,00 p

··11,00 TL

9.00,

121 Union Carbido?

224 Shumchu

124 Union Pacific.

.00

44 Un. Pac. 4 per cent. n-c Pfd. 84

141 Un. Air, and Trâns.

19

114 Un Corporation"

Oberdoen

25

Swanley

24% Autan

541 | Pingalan,† Santi:

9.00

| 8,00

p.,

2:00 pm & 18.00 p.to

8.00 2.1.

12.30 pm.

8.30 am,

8.00 pm

450 pa

700 F

11.00.m (11.00 m

& 6.00 pm

10.80

10.30 aka

-

1.00 m

£1.50 30.

8,80,

SEVENTY-FIRST

YEAR OF

PUBLICATION,

FORT

MALAM STRAITS

SITTELIPENIS, BGMRI, 999, TAR PRILIKAOH DURCHIA, INDIA

·FULLY REVISED

1933

AND ENLARGED